Musings

Based on what I had seen and heard, I felt that Spain would be an idyllic vacation place. I was going to visit 2 cities – Barcelona and Madrid. I had heard a lot about Gaudi’s  architecture and influence in Barcelona and was looking forward to seeing his creations firsthand and forming my own opinion.   At the Munich airport, there was a piano near the departure gate and a couple of talented kids treated travellers to some soulful classical music. The flight from Munich to Barcelona was slightly bumpy but I landed in one piece. My cell phone roaming plan was going to expire the next day and I had a tough time renewing it. I got the airport shuttle to the city centre and while on the bus, I called customer care who renewed the plan for another month. Although the roaming plan now reflected the new expiry date, data roaming wasn’t working. I had to call customer care nearly 15 times before it got resolved. The solution, given by the tech team, to wait for 4 hours for the new plan to beco